If you are looking for early Marion County, AL land records, they might be in the Mississippi records online at the Bureau of Land Management: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ I found my ancestor Peter Scott of Marion County, AL in the Mississippi records. He apparently went to Pontotoc, Mississippi land office to file for his land. Legal land description of his land as given in the Mississippi records is: 9S, 14W, Huntsville Meridain, Marion County, AL.